This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CarlWright35 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/7878.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My name is Carl V. Wright my pass word is CarlWright35; I did not post this inquiry, but I do not object to whome ever did! The Civil War was from 1861-1864. Thanks, Carl V. Wright carlmusicman@ykc.com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

i am pretty sure the civil war ended in 1865, not 1864........ ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <WRIGHT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:02 AM Subject: Re: [WRIGHT] Who claims these Wrights in Civil War inArkansas/Indian Territory > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: CarlWright35 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/7878.2.2/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > My name is Carl V. Wright my pass word is CarlWright35; I did not post > this inquiry, but I do not object to whome ever did! The Civil War was > from 1861-1864. Thanks, Carl V. Wright carlmusicman@ykc.com > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WRIGHT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bobtopley Surnames: Wright, Dow, Smith Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/15182/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Is there anyone out there related to Agnes Wright born about 1851 in Larbert, Stirlingshire Scotland? She was the daughter of Francis and Christian Wright. Agnes married James Dow Oct. 23, 1871 in Falkirk Scotland. James and Agnes had 8 children Andrew, Jeanie (my grandmother), Francis W., Alexander, Agnes, Elizabeth, Isabella and Mary (nickname Molly). Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: maryachtrh Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/15181/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Appears in "The Wapanucka Press" 29 May 1902, Wapanucka, Johnston County, Indian Territory, now Oklahoma Dr. J. W. Davenport has been placed in jail at Ardmore on the charge of killing Z. F. Wright, a mail carrier, at Oakland recently. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: aprilrayn Surnames: Wright, Sparks Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/15180/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am seeking information on the parents of a Mary Wright who married William Sparks, Sr. Here is the information that I have: Mary Wright b. Bet. 1640 - 1655 in either Frederick Co., MD or Hampshire, England. Died: 16 Dec 1730 in Queen Anne Co., MD. She married: William Sparks b. Bet. 06 Aug 1640 - 02 Aug 1646 in Farnham Parish, Hampshire, England. Died: Bet. 21 Jun - 24 Oct 1709 in Queen Anne Co., MD. They had the following children: Joseph Sparks b. Bet. 1689 - 1695 in Talbot Co., MD. Died: Apr 1749 in Frederick Co., MD William Sparks, Jr. b. Bet. 1674 - 1675 John Sparks b. 1680 George Sparks b. 1678 Thank you! April Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MichaelCharlesWight Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/6416.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.3.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Melanie, The Samuel, James, Samuel progression of given names is pandemic for that era (1500 - 1800). They were so popular as given names that, along with John/Jonathan, Thomas, Joseph and other disciple names their occurance within a family more often means nothing rather than something you can hang your hat on in later generations. Having said that, it is interesting to note that prior to Deacon Samuel Wright naming his second-to-youngest son James, it was a rare given name in that Wright family. In fact the only James Wright in the lineage of the Wrights of Kelvedon Hall prior to the birth of Samuel's son was Samuel's half brother, James, born in London in 1622 to his father's second marriage (1618 to Fortune [nee Garaway] Blount, the widow of Sir Edmund Blount). Samuel's James was born in Springfield, MA in 1639 and the very next year Samuel's cousin, Thomas Wright of Wethersfield, CT had a son he named James. After that time, the given name James got used a lot in the following generations of both these related immigrant father's families. The given name Samuel first appears in this Wright line in 1570/71 with the birth to Lord John Wright of Wrightsbridge and his wife Elizabeth Lindsell. This Samuel was the brother of our Deacon Samuel's father, John Wright, Esq., and died only a month before our Deacon Samuel Wrigh was born to John and Martha (nee Castell) Wright in 1606. It was a given name that became very common in this line and related lines of Wrights from that point on. I think from the point of Deacon Samuel's record, the Footprints website has a pretty good rendition of this line of Wrights for several geneartions including all those leading to Orville and Wilbur Wright. You should also consider the fact that many Wrights who were not related to Orville and Wilber ended up having had their photographs taken with the Wright brothers, just because they had the same last name. By 1910, it had gotten easier for the layman to take pictures and it was a curiosity thing, too. The Wright brothers traveled extensively and met a lot of different people in those years. They were famous, visible and accessable. My own grandfather's folks lived just about a day's travel from them and saw one or the other of them a few times when they were in the Dayton-Columbus area. My great grandfather was a master carpenter and house builder and had a keen interest in how they were building their flying machines, but he never met them personally. Had he had a good excuse to have his picture taken with them, he would have certainly gone for it. During his entire life (1851 - 1937), he had no idea he was related to them. He just admired what those fellow Buckeye'! s were doing in crafting a machine that would fly and would go a little out of his way to see them if he heard they were in the area visiting or giving a talk or whatever. Anyway, I have run out of time for further discussion for now. Let me know what specifics about Samuel, James and Samuel you are thinking about and maybe I can be more specific in my comments. Take care, Mike Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: C_Burchartz Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/6416.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.2.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Correction to the previous post. Sarah Sally is the granddaughter to Richard Sr, and daughter to William. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: karen_todora Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/15179/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Nancy is found on the 1880 census living with Alexander Wright and his wife, Nancy and their 5 children. She is 7 and listed as their niece. Census place: Valley, Hot Springs, Arkansas. I am trying to figure out who her parents had been. I found info on her aunt and uncle that led me to believe that they were first cousins, having the same grandparents. Uncles name is Alexander Wright 1844 Alabama and his wife is Nancy Elizabeth Jones 1854 Arkansas. I believe his parents were Alexander A Wright 1818-1895 and Lavinia Ann Sellers 1824-1873, and that her parents were Willis Jones 1830-1907 and Mary Adeline Wright 1834-1904. Nancy Jane Wright married John James Toland. They were my great grandparents. Does anyone have info that can help me. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Hi Melanie, If you have a living male Wright who would be willing to participate in the DNA project I would suggest that you go that route, too. DNA testing is a great tool. Linda On Nov 12, 2007, at 9:37 AM, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: MelanieWright63 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/6416.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.3.1.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Mike, > > I sat up for hours the other night, searching the census records, > death index, even came across a draft registration card for my > grandfather Montgomery B. Wright in 1917-1918. > But what I also have been relying on is information gathered by my > half-sisters, ex-son-in-law in California who I knew nothing about > until I began this journey with my sister who lives in Nevada, but > he has done a lot of work but and I dont know what his sources are. > So, I tried to just begin with my father and then his father, and > the name discrepancies are mind boggling such as M. Bostic Wright, > Montgomery Bostick Wright, Boston M Wright and Bostic M Wright. And > I also found on a census that my father whose name is Rossie Burnett > Wright, was listed as Rocky Wright and also listed as a female. But > his other siblings which I know are correct are all there, except > for one brother of his who was listed once as Howard instead of > Howell. SO, I am learning quickly about info not being reliable. > Also, found another question on my gf's mother as Catherine Morris > but I show something with Mary C. and then found a Margaret T. ??? > I'm going crazy. I will just be glad to do th! > e DNA and see what turns up there. I spoke to my sister-in-law in > Tampa, FL who says there is a picture of our ggfa or gggfa with > Milton Wright and that they were brothers. And I dont know who has > this picture, but she says she remembers our grandmother having it > at one time, but doesnt know what happended to it from there. My > gfa William Brantly Wright has siblings listed as: (born about) > Zachary Taylor b: 1848, Eliza Jane b: 1850, James Aaron b: 1852, > Samuel D. b: 1854, Salomon Carson b: 1857, Naomia E.R. b: 1859, John > Bunyon b: 1861, Annie Florence b:1864 and Thomas Montgomery b: > 1866. then from a first marriage there was Charlotte P. b: 1844, > John Calvin b: 1845 and Alfred Dockery b: 1846. All Children of > Aaron Wright b: 1817 in Brutons, NC (Montgomery County). My > question for you now is: in your line I see (Samuel 3, James 2, > Samuel 1) What can you tell me about them. As my g-grandfather had > siblings with these first names. Melanie > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If > you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board > URL link above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WRIGHT-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MelanieWright63 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/6416.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.3.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Mike, I sat up for hours the other night, searching the census records, death index, even came across a draft registration card for my grandfather Montgomery B. Wright in 1917-1918. But what I also have been relying on is information gathered by my half-sisters, ex-son-in-law in California who I knew nothing about until I began this journey with my sister who lives in Nevada, but he has done a lot of work but and I dont know what his sources are. So, I tried to just begin with my father and then his father, and the name discrepancies are mind boggling such as M. Bostic Wright, Montgomery Bostick Wright, Boston M Wright and Bostic M Wright. And I also found on a census that my father whose name is Rossie Burnett Wright, was listed as Rocky Wright and also listed as a female. But his other siblings which I know are correct are all there, except for one brother of his who was listed once as Howard instead of Howell. SO, I am learning quickly about info not being reliable. Also, found another question on my gf's mother as Catherine Morris but I show something with Mary C. and then found a Margaret T. ??? I'm going crazy. I will just be glad to do th! e DNA and see what turns up there. I spoke to my sister-in-law in Tampa, FL who says there is a picture of our ggfa or gggfa with Milton Wright and that they were brothers. And I dont know who has this picture, but she says she remembers our grandmother having it at one time, but doesnt know what happended to it from there. My gfa William Brantly Wright has siblings listed as: (born about) Zachary Taylor b: 1848, Eliza Jane b: 1850, James Aaron b: 1852, Samuel D. b: 1854, Salomon Carson b: 1857, Naomia E.R. b: 1859, John Bunyon b: 1861, Annie Florence b:1864 and Thomas Montgomery b: 1866. then from a first marriage there was Charlotte P. b: 1844, John Calvin b: 1845 and Alfred Dockery b: 1846. All Children of Aaron Wright b: 1817 in Brutons, NC (Montgomery County). My question for you now is: in your line I see (Samuel 3, James 2, Samuel 1) What can you tell me about them. As my g-grandfather had siblings with these first names. Melanie Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KEMeads Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/8289.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have a Thomas, Peter, George and Leander Wright in my line, but in 1922 they were in Claiborne Co, TN. Their father was Christopher C (or Columbus C) Wright. Don't know if it's the same line, but worth checking. kathie Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: garrettrschr Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/15177.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Do you have information on the Catherine I'm looking for? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Hi Mike, You never mention where these many WRIGHT's originated from ? ? Lori ; ) ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MichaelCharlesWight Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/6416.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Herb, I also wanted to thank you for your help with Melanie's questions. You and I have been at this long enough to know that the Internet is both a useful tool and a dangerous purveyor of misinformation, and not just in genealogical matters. Experienced researchers need to step up and be helpful when someone like Melanie asks for help. You do that, and I think that is just the greatest! Melanie is new to the genealogy of Wrights and among the most vulnerable of persons to the sorts of misdirection that have become part of the Internet store of genealogical information over the last 10 years. And it is not that people are deliberately posting bad information. It is out there mostly because people are not able to update their previous posts to reflect new facts as they have been sorted out of the original speculations. Time, money and manpower all are in short supply all the way around. I am sure the Footprints.com group would agree with that! In fact, the Internet storehouse of knowledge is in many ways no different than traditionally published works. In both, a speculation may be proposed as a solution to a vexing situation lacking documentation, then this is referenced in abbreviated form in later publications (usually without the acccompanying discussion of caveats), and eventually the speculation migrates in the public domaine to a position where, if you are not reading the original work, it presents as though it were fact. If you are like Melanie, and have no extensive history of being involved in the ongoing effort to sort out such issues, it is easy to get sucked into a false understanding of the situation at first. Those of us who have been mucking around in this for a while owe it to people like Melanie to make some genuine attempt to help them to an understanding of their genealogical issue in light of the existing arenas of controversy they are entering. Over the years I have observed your work on the Internet to be of the most helpful and generous sort to researchers of Richard Wright, Sr. That is why I urged her to contact you about her Zachary Taylor Wright. There are so many areas of genealogical research where there simply is no known or available documentation. Hence, we are very often relying on well reasoned arguments in favor of some speculated connection or other usually after some lenghty discussions on the Internet. Were we to be truely diligent in fixing all these half-baked published discussions and opinions each time a new piece of the puzzle fell into place, we would have no time to move on in our current efforts. So, there they sit forever, waiting for someone new to the work to find them, misunderstand them, and maybe waste countless hours of their time rediscovering the nuances that lead them eventually to a good understanding. I think we would all like to be more helpful, but there are limits to what each of us can do, so what it really takes to help someone join our ranks quickly is a community of helpful, seasoned Wright researchers willing to lend a hand to each other and to someone new whenever the need is apparent. Thanks, Herb, for being a supporive and helpful part of this forum on such a regular basis. Your example has encouraged me to try to be more helpful, too. Mike Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Herb_Arkin Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/6416.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: good writeup, ive been trying to get people to disconnect richard wright, sr from the new england wrights for years! Herb Arkin 92,000 Descendants and relatives of Richard Wright, Sr. of Rowan County, North Carolina who emigrated to Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri. Web page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~herbarkin Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: TerriTrotti Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/15178/mb.ashx Message Board Post: There is a watch on ebay that is engraved Fred L Wright from So, Calif. Dept, 11-30-38 Scarce 14K Red Gold Mathy Tissot Art Deco Mens Watch Item number: 230190511767 This item ends Nov. 16th at 4:18 pm pst This is an expensive watch an at this time on Sunday night it is just over $150.00. I try to let people know when I find these items as you know the genealogists in all of would love to have something like that. It is sad to see family mementos sold outside of a faimily. Terri Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CWright3927 Surnames: Wright Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/7878.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello, I have 'misplaced' a John Wright b.c1859.Randolph Co.Illinois. Parents: John & Margaret (nee Gemmell)Wright.Both born Ayrshire,Scotland. Can you give me the year for the Civil war please? He may fit. Do you have access to any other information on this index of soldiers? Thank you, Charmaine, in New Zealand. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CWright3927 Surnames: Wright Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/15177.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I think you have Catherines birth & death year wrong. :-) Charmaine. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: garrettrschr Surnames: Garrett, Fann, Mellor, Wright Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/15177/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Does anyone have any information on Catherine Wright? She was born 7/8/1938 and died 3/7/1915. She married Edward Mellor who died in 1927. Likely locations are Ohio and Kansas. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kwright9374 Surnames: Wright Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/7878.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have two names in my family Berry and Perry Wright around 1861 Civil War that I am researching would like to know if anyone has any info or connections???? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.